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To  the  Hon.  the  President  and  Members  of  the 

Convention  of  the  Independent  State  of  South  Carolina: 

Gentlemen — I  am  to-night  informed  that  a  resolution 
was  this  day  adopted,  inviting  me  to  a  seat  on  the  floor  of 
your  Convention.  P#r  the  compliment  thus  paid  my  State, 
in  my  person,  please  accepl  my  grateful  acknowledgments. 
I  regret  that  engagements  elsewhere  imperatively  forbid 
the  enjoyment  of  your  proffered  courtesy. 

Intelligence  receded  to-night  makes  "  assurance  douhly 
sure,"  that  Alabama  stands  by  the  side  of  South  Carolina, 
prepared  to  share  with  her  a  common  destiny. 

Information  obtained  on  diligent  inquiry  in  the  last  few 
days,  justifies  me  in  saying  that  the  gallant  sons  of  North 
Carolina,  ami  Virginia,  are  now  ready  to  rally  around  the 
standard  of  Southern  Rights  and  Honor,  which  you  have 
so  gloriously  reared  ;  and  that  those  two  States  will  also  be 
members,  in  all  probability,  of  the  Great  Southern  Confed- 
eracy by  the  4th  of  next  March.  The  other  Slave  States 
must  sooner  or  later  take  the  same  course,  or  be  involved 
in  inevitable  ruin.  To  the  bold,  deliberate,  and  decisive 
action  of  your  body,  arc  the  people  of  the  South  indebted 
for  the  great  movement  which  must  end  in  the  vindication 
of  their  rights  :  and  the  future  historian  must  award  to 
South  Carolina  the  honor  of  leadership  in  carrying  out  the 
measures  destined  to  release  them  from  the  wrongs  and 
oppressions  under  which  they  have  so  long  and  so  patiently 
suffered. 

With  sentiments  of  profound  consideration,  I  am, 
Most  respectfully, 

J.  W.  GARROTT. 

Charleston,  December  26,  1860. 


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